About the Role
The Staff Scientist - Assistant Level (Bioinformatics) supports research within specific areas of research programs and performs a variety of procedures using established methods and techniques. The incumbent conducts moderately complex experiments, critically evaluates scientific literature and findings, performs experiments, and interprets data.
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Key Role Accountabilities
- Under the general supervision of more senior scientific staff, performs research tasks of a moderate scope.
- Performs scientific research at the highest standards.
- Conducts experiments, analyzes, and processes data.
- Collects and summarizes scientific data/information for experiments and archiving.
- Keeps accurate records of experiments, checks data, and informs discrepancies.
- Assists with evaluating and testing new processes.
- Complies with safety regulations/standard protocols.
- Collaborates with other members to apply the results of research and/or develop new techniques or practices.
- Prepares research results for journals and report publications.
- Presents ongoing work and findings to colleagues both locally and at academic conferences.
- Communicates results/findings to the relevant scientific community via published papers.
- Develops and applies novel research methodology to investigate and perform feature extraction in medical imaging, molecular, and clinical data for predicting patient outcomes that will be translated into patient care.
- Builds innovative artificial intelligence (AI) solutions using the latest and advanced algorithms for improved patient care.
- Implements methods and algorithms for the analysis of complex multi-omics data sets including whole exome sequencing (WES), whole genome sequencing (WGS), targeted capture sequencing, RNA-seq, single-cell RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, methylation sequencing, miRNA-seq, metabolomic and proteomic data.
- Makes use of publicly available biological data, including TCGA, GEO, TCIA, cbioportal, etc.
- Analyzes rare genetic variants for familial diseases to identify pathogenic variants of likely therapeutic intervention.
- Writes progress reports and research grant proposals for funding agencies.
- Adheres to standards as they appear in the Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest policies.
- Adheres to and promotes organizational values.
In view of the evolving needs and opportunities within the organization, this position may be required to perform other duties as assigned, and reporting relationships may vary.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills – Selection Criteria
Essential
- Education: PhD in Bioinformatics
- Experience: Successful completion of Post-Doc fellowship
- Job Specific Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of scientific research methods and evaluation of research results
- Effective problem-solving and analytical skills with attention to detail
- Knowledge of next-generation sequencing data analysis, including quality control metrics, mapping, base calling, differential expression, exon skipping, and annotation
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) expertise, especially in addressing challenges in cancer research
- Strong knowledge of statistical methods and tools
- Excellent programming skills in Python and R
- Ability to assist in project management, overcome obstacles, and meet deliverable deadlines
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
